The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to....

Saturday September 10, 2011, 12:13 pm
...naw...just leave stuff out there and figure out what to do about it later...if at all. It's the way of American Corporations....see nuclear energy plants for more on that line of thought. Nasa exist for Corporate purposes thus the lack of 'what about the effects things will have on tomorrow' is usually last on the list of importance,if on the list at all.

Saturday September 10, 2011, 6:12 pm
The original orbit of this satellite was designed to decay and eventually reenter the atmosphere. It was part of a program and policy in effect to stop adding to the junk flying around this planet. All satellites now days are designed to fall out of orbit. Problem is very few are designed for controlled reentry.

Sunday September 11, 2011, 9:17 am
NASA knew about this way before they ended the Shuttle Program. Are they too dangerous to retrieve? 6.5 tons of debris of which 1,170 pounds will survive and fall within a debris footprint length of some 500 miles. The worse part of all this is that they have to abandon the Space Station because of Russia's failed launch of the auto-supply ship. Another object that is much larger and will come down if there is no one there to man it.

Sunday September 11, 2011, 10:45 am
Thanks Elizabeth. Hope the knowledge gained from all those 'foreign to earth orbit' pieces, is worth the cost of gravity and all the money, resources that will re-enter the earth in quite different forms and effects. Hope 99.99% of the knowledge will be shared with we beings who stayed on the lower levels and not covered up as Extremely Classified - Need to Know Only. Some sciences seem to share quite a bit, while others??? Should be buying stock in Reynolds aluminum. Don't like the mining practices though. Thanks for the tip Terry King!